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Narrator: Today's word is "Regain" — verb, pronounced /rɪˈɡeɪn/, with the stress on "gain".
Narrator: To regain is to get back something you have lost, such as strength, control or a position.
Narrator: In plain English, it means get it back.
Narrator: It joins re, again, with gain.
Narrator: A common collocation is "regain consciousness", which describes waking after fainting.
Narrator: It differs from "recover", because recover is general, while regain focuses on a specific lost thing.
Narrator: In a second sense, a team can regain the lead in a match.
Narrator: Medicine, sport, politics and business all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: regain means win it back.
Speaker A: How's the team doing?
Speaker B: They REGAINED the lead! It joins re and gain.
Speaker A: After losing it?
Speaker B: In the last minute.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She regained consciousness in hospital", medicine. "The company regained customer trust", business. "He regained his balance", a near fall.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not say "regain back", because re already means again.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Recover is its cousin, retrieve its twin, and win back an alternative — yet regain keeps its triumphant charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "regain" in AI prompts — useful for account recovery and customer retention.
Speaker A: How for accounts?
Speaker B: Recovery flow.
Prompt: Design steps for a user to regain access to an account after losing their phone.
Speaker A: And retention?
Speaker B: Win back.
Prompt: Write an email campaign to regain customers who left for a competitor.
Speaker A: Could it help rehab?
Speaker B: Yes, for exercises.
Prompt: Suggest safe exercises to regain wrist strength after a fracture.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Crisis PR.
Prompt: Draft a plan to help a brand regain trust after a product recall.
Regain — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary